Hey, since the new swans cascade deck is a pretty bad matchup (except if I have double pulse) I'm looking for some answers to it. Preferable a creature that can be tutored with primal command.
Any ideas?

My sb:
I currently sb in +3 anathemancer, +4 mind shatter and +1 thought hermorage.
And take out -1 profane command, -2 fall out, -2 colosus, -2 jund charm and -1 loxodon warhammer.
I only play 1 thought hermorage because mind shatter can be sbed in against more different decks and thought hemorage only Swans and Lark.

My current decklist: (I don't really need critisim on my deck if it has nothing to do with the swans matchup)

I mean, you should be able to cast it on turn3 with a TON of different hands... just muligan effectively and it should be easy.

just thought hem for seismic assault.. and they can only rely on the man lands and swans its self, which you should be able to handle...

Because the hemorage is usually only for the swans matchup and I prefere some more versatile sb cards.

And more importanly even if I thought hemorage Turn 3. The swans deck SB's out a part of their combo usually and SB in countryside and such.
And I think mind shatter turn 3/4 does a very good job to. + I'm starting to think pithing needle > thought hermorage

I mean, you should be able to cast it on turn3 with a TON of different hands... just muligan effectively and it should be easy.

just thought hem for seismic assault.. and they can only rely on the man lands and swans its self, which you should be able to handle...

Because the hemorage is usually only for the swans matchup and I prefere some more versatile sb cards.

And more importanly even if I thought hemorage Turn 3. The swans deck SB's out a part of their combo usually and SB in countryside and such.
And I think mind shatter turn 3/4 does a very good job to. + I'm starting to think pithing needle > thought hermorage

I think the whole point everyone is trying to say to you is that maybe you SHOULDN'T main deck cards against Seismic Swans. Yes, it might have won in Barcelona, but that doesn't mean everyone and their mother is going to be playing it. If you're so worried about playing completely that deck, then maybe you should maindeck some of the "sb" cards, ala Thought Hemorrhage, everyone suggested. Any kind of naturalize effect(maybe Wickerbough Elder?) sideboard for the Seismic, and Terminates for their Swans and/or sb Countryside Crushers, and you automatically just won the match. Swans is so easy to play against if you're planning on playing against it, but when it comes out blazing as a surprise deck like it did at Barcelona, watch out.

run 2 MD naturalize... In the current meta theres always some useful way to use it... And with all the usefull things in jund i always loved Threaten effects, it may come usefull against swans... (or maybe not )

They will usually play Assault first, so instant speed removal for Swans just makes them discard another land. There isn't really anything else you can maindeck besides the 4 Maelstrom Pulse. Thoughtseize, miser's Wickerbough Elder, and Pithing Needle are all worse than the cards you're already playing.

This is what you get for playing a green deck.

4 Mind Shatters is too many though. Wickerbough Elder and Naturalize or an LD sideboard could be good.

Wickerbough Elder is probably your best answer maindeck even as a 1 of.

Also saying thought hemorage is bad in other matchups is a load of crap. That is the same as saying that cranial extraction was bad in kami constructed. Just because you can't splash it in any deck doesn't make it worse in the ones that already play those colors.

You essentially have a few options:
1) Play 1 Elder main deck to tutor for with primal which is fine in a lot of matchups since they will almost always have a target for it.

2) Board more thought hemorage and just try to mull into it.

3) Board better cards for this matchup such as pithing needle/thoughtseize. Swans has a hard time boarding against needle seeing as it can come from any deck and they probably won't board against it in game 2 since they won't have seen it game 1.

4) Board worse cards for this matchup such as naturalize.

5) Accept it as a bad matchup and plan to lose to it if you face it and board for other matchups.

6) Come up with more innovative ways to capitalize on cards that are already main deck by adding cards that are slightly worse that others in your deck that can/can't be tutored for with primal. (Ex. Hag Hedge Mage to bring back pulse). The problem with this is that you will have to run more basics than before and this would effect your main deck. You may be able to get around this by adding cards like rampant growth.

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